Damian McBride email fiasco is a warning to bosses to monitor employee internet use

Following the headlines earlier in the week about Labour adviser Damian McBride's attempted smear campaign of Conservative MPs, employees should be warned to think twice before sending personal emails...

Sir Alan Sugar practice of firing on a personal whim in The Apprentice sets bad example to others

Sir Alan Sugar sets a "very bad example" to UK employers, according to one equality expert.

Budget 2009 predictions: Odds show employers' National Insurance contributions hike likely to be deferred to 2012

The proposed 0.5% increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions, announced in the pre-Budget report in November, will probably be deferred from 2011 until 2012, according to MacIntyre...

Treat employees fairly during the downturn to ensure they won't hit the road in the upturn

Harsh new economic realities mean that we are witnessing the re-emergence of a master-servant relationship in the workplace, not because laws have changed to return us to Victorian values, but because...

Eastern European migrant workers must still register with UK Borders Authority

The Government has decided not to scrap the strict working regulations for migrant workers coming to Britain from Eastern Europe

Budget 2009 Predictions: The chancellor may postpone higher band income tax increases announced in pre-Budget report

The Government could defer several of the tax increases it announced for 2010 and 2011 due to the deepening recession, according to chartered accountants MacIntyre Hudson.

Women claiming equal pay no longer need to name male colleague doing same job for more money

As many as 7,000 women will be able to pursue claims for equal pay following a Court of Appeal ruling yesterday.

New Acas code of practice should make it easier to deal with disciplinary and grievance issues

From today, amendments to the Employment Act 2008 mean a simplified system for dealing with disciplinary and grievance issues.

Legal firms' rule changes let HR professionals become partners in solicitors'

HR professionals are now able to become partners in solicitors' practices.

Trade unions claim huge job losses announced are not all due to downturn

Yesterday the jobs market took another massive battering with the announcement of more than 3,200 redundancies across the manufacturing and financial sectors.

Government stands firm on opting out of the 48-hour week Working Time Directive

The minister for employment relations, Pat McFadden, has rejected a 48-hour week for the UK, labelling it a "bad deal for Britain".

CIPD cuts 41 jobs to reduce costs in recession

The CIPD has been forced to cut 41 jobs as the recession deepens, meaning 12% of its workforce has been made redundant.